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Brooks River Fly-in controlled by an access permit program from area including mothers and cubs, young adults
The only bears to regularly inhabit Katmai the Alaskan Department of Fish and Game. and big boars.
National Park and Preserve are brown bears. This ensures that visitors can enjoy a pristine
Bear watching at Brooks River is unique, piece of wilderness and the wildlife is safe and Frazer Lake-Kodiak Island Fly-in
because it is a large gathering location for protected for all generations. Located 70 miles from the city of Kodiak,
brown bears. Even if you only spend one this is the Island’s premier bear viewing spot.
hour watching bears at Brooks River, it is Denali National Park Road Access The sockeye salmon can get backed up at
easy to see how each bear is different. These Standing as a sentinel, keeping a watchful the entrance to the fish ladder (designed to
bears are not only distinguished by physical eye over Alaska’s forests and coasts is North help the salmon navigate Frazer Falls) and the
characteristics, but more importantly, they are America’s tallest peak-Denali, but the park renowned Kodiak bears sit back and feast on a
also distinguished by their habits and behavior. is far more than a tall mountain. With over 6 salmon buffet.
Bear watching at Brooks River will give you a million square miles of wilderness to explore
chance to see these brown bears in their own and one road that bisects it all through low Karluk Lake Fly-in
habitat. elevation taiga forest, alpine tundra and The Karluk basin is the ancestral home of
mountain tops frosted in icy snow. Something the native Alutiq people and is also the home
Hallo Bay Fly-in for everyone awaits the adventurous spirit in of the Kodiak bear, the king of all carnivore land
A meadow filled with wildflowers bursting Denali and where better to spend time with the animals. It is here where these bears graze and
with color, a glacier-filled creek meanders 169 species of birds, 39 mammal species and fish undisturbed from modern life. Step back
through the meadow while a snow-capped 14 varieties of fish. One of the best ways to view in time as you watch the bears living the same
mountain protects the idyllic scene ... welcome the wildlife is while riding a bus on the Denali way they have for thousands of years.
to Hallo Bay! The Bay is a sanctuary within a Park Road. Relax and watch the stunning
sanctuary located on the sea in Katmai, and is scenery pass by while an expert navigator Anan Bear and Wildlife Observatory Fly-in
home to bears who graze on vegetation and follows the winding Park Road. & Jet Boat
clams in early June and stay around to fish Near Wrangell, an ancient Tlingit native
during July and August. Hallo Bay is difficult Wolverine Creek-Big River Lakes Fly-in fishing site known as Anan Creek has the
to get to and is best explored by using one of Located on the west side of Cook Inlet largest pink salmon run in Southeast Alaska.
Alaska’s authorized guiding tours. across from the Kenai Peninsula, this creek is The observatory is only accessible by boat or
the place to watch both black and brown bears plane and the observation platform overlooks
McNeil River Sanctuary Fly-in fish for sockeye salmon and teach their young the cascading falls where salmon jump up the
High in the Aleutian Range, glacier water cubs the art of catching their meals. river almost into the bear’s mouth. A half mile
makes its way down toward Cook Inlet in trail leads to the observation area and bears
southwestern Alaska. This 200 square mile Lake Clark National Park and Preserve Fly-in are often seen on the trail as well as other
protected area provides home and refuge to Lake Clark is a very rugged, unspoiled area of wildlife. This area is limited to 65 people per
an abundance of wildlife, including red fox, natural beauty. Sleeping volcanoes, formidable day and is managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
moose, caribou, wolves, birds and fowl and ice fields and glaciers, lakes teaming with trout It is recommended that you reserve your pass
of course brown bears, who can best be seen and salmon and a variety of wildlife attract true at least six months in advance.
in early July through mid-August feasting outdoor enthusiasts. The area of Crescent Lake
on the chum or dog salmon. This area is attracts a large number of brown bears to the

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